So I had to accept that we weren’t gonna have a normal Christmas at home. But what I REALLY didn’t like was that we had to FLY to this place. I’d never been on a PLANE before, and I wasn’t crazy about the idea of locking myself in a metal tube.
-- Greg (Sunday )

Importance: After Greg accepts that he really will have to go on this vacation, he begins worrying about the flight straight away, showing that his first reaction to anything happening to him is to start worrying about what might go wrong. Although Greg is scared of flying at the start of the story, he has changed by the time the novel ends.

But Dad hung back in the first-class section. He said he got UPGRADED because of all his frequent-flier miles and that he’d catch up with us after we landed.
-- Greg/Greg’s dad (Monday)

Importance: Greg’s dad tells...